new tires! (pics)

[lee]

33x12.50x16 trxus mt's

 

[broncosi]

nice! i cant tell if their knock offs by the tread but ive only seen truxus on one truck and that was on a restored defender 90 with 37's.

thats a pretty crazy sidewall design too, what made you go with those??

 

[numba1runna]

They look pretty similar to the cooper stt's, I like them.

 

[lee]

nice! i cant tell if their knock offs by the tread but ive only seen truxus on one truck and that was on a restored defender 90 with 37's.

thats a pretty crazy sidewall design too, what made you go with those??

theyre real interco trxus if thats what you mean?

i went with them bc the price was right, and they perform amazingly well offroad bflooks on this board has them and he seems to do pretty well :bigok:

 

[pat161]

Looks awesome Lee. How did you manage to tweak the new TJM?

 

[lee]

it just moved on the bolts

it was when i hit the side of my truck, i landed hard on 2 rocks.

 

[amm888]

looks nice, i'm surprised those fit with just a 1# lift.

 

[lee]

i have 3.5" of lift.

 

[skpolk4runner]

Hey Lee

Tell me either how you built your rear bumper or how much it was when you bought it

 

[amm888]

i have 3.5" of lift.

oh, ic. i am no longer surprised.

 

[lee]

Hey Lee

Tell me either how you built your rear bumper or how much it was when you bought it

my buddy and i built it... hes an incredibly talented fabber (doesnt do it for work or anything, just hobby) so when i got him to agree to help i was psyched.

anyway, the basics of how it went was:

1) got specs of the bumper from its inspiration -- calrockx (charles) on yt sent me all his measurements.

2) since i wasnt doing an exact copy of it (he has the steel bent to wrap the corners -- i did not have the means for this so it had to be built a bit differently), we made a cardboard version of the bumper.

3) we had a huge sheet of 3/16" steel left over from another project, so we used that for the whole bumper. using the cardboard, we double checked measurements and began cutting the pieces.

4) next the pieces were welded together. because we didnt want big ugly welds to show on the outside, they were ground down and sanded smooth, to create one fluid shape on the outside. the inner welds were left as is for strength.

5) the bumper is also braces with 2x2 and 1x1.

6) we cut and reused the arms of my old hitch as mounts for the new bumper.

7) then we cut 1x1 to make the handlebars on the sides, added rocklogic clevis mounts and painted.

the end. :bigok:

 

[bflooks]

mmmmmmmmmm......TRXUS M/T's. yum.

 

[skpolk4runner]

Well i have to say that is a really good job you and your buddy did.

Would you mind sending me the measurments for the bumper and mounts